Convergent mantle flow and plate kinematics contribute to South China Sea rifting

Mantle oxidation influenced by reduction-oxidation budget of Mariana-type subduction zones

Subduction transports oxidized material into Earth’s interior. The Mariana subduction zone is a representative example ...

Emergence of the enhanced equatorial Atlantic warming as a fingerprint of global warming

The response of tropical sea surface temperature (SST) to global warming plays a crucial role in shaping both global and...

Microplate tectonics new insights from micro-blocks in the global oceans, continental margins and deep mantle

Plate has a growth process from small to large. The micro-blocks or micro-plates are sometimes the pre-cursors of large ...

Deglacial and Holocene sea-ice variability north of Iceland and response to Ocean Circulation Changes

These continental/oceanic/mantle micro-blocks not only recordchanges in intra-oceanic plate configurations